Need advice on diets | Autism PDD

I am new to this board but I didn't know where else to turn. They have told me that my son had PDD and possiable autism, I have been doing some research and have come up with this diet that can sometimes reverse the disorder. has anyone else heard or tried it?  I would like to know as much as I can, my son is only three, and I am trying to do everything I can to help him lead as normal a life as possiable, we have him in a special school which has speech, developmental, physcial, and occupational theopist on staff, they are teaching him sign launage wich I am thankful for because up to this point it has just been crying and fits when I can't figure out what he needs.  he doesn't talk at all, never really has, they have also digonsed him with possiable Landau Kleffner Syndrome, but I think they are way off base there anyway if someone could offer just a small glimmer of hope I would be forever grateful!!

thanks

jaliejones38512.7281018519Hey Jaliejones! Welcome to the board! There are many things out there that CLAIM to help with autism. The diet I am suessing you are refering to is probably the Gluten Free / Casien Free Diet. Supposedly many (not all) Autistic kids have allergies to gluten and or casien and when they eat or drink foods that have it in them it causes autistic like symptoms from tantruming and aggression to self injurious behaviors, stimming, speech problems and so on. Heres a link to g/f c/f diet
Wanted to welcome you to this board and to add that it sounds like you have your son in a really good school ... and that should certainly go very far in helping him to reach his potential!  Don't despair.  We're all going through similar issues.  You could give the GF/CF diet a try for several months and if you see no changes, then you know your son didn't have an issue with food sensitivities and you can go back to cooking regularly.   The casein-free thing is fairly easy.  My son (27 mos) enjoys rice milk and rice cheese (which seems to have helped him physically, though I don't know if it helped intellectually at all).  Haven't tried the gluten-free thing yet be/c it seems really overwhelming and I'd find it hard to cook without "gluten" (we really like whole-wheat-type breads and pasta).  We have removed anything with artificial colors and preservatives from Luke's diet.  It just seems healthier.

Good luck!  Let us know how things go!
Kellie

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